The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1887-04-28
LETTER FROM HARRISBURG.

THE IEdIsLATURB AT GETTYSBURG.
Editor Mlddleburgh Posr.
Gettysburg is being made historic
for two things. 1t 10 the scene OF
the mightiest conflict OF the Civil
War and i! is annually being visited
by more people than is any other
battlefield on this Continent 1t ie
the place whore sleep the dead Of
nearly all tho States Of tho Union,
who gave their lives in defeuce Of
principles they deemed more precious
than life itself, aud where was fought
the battle TINT resulted 10 forever
breaking the power Of The Rebellion
and restoring TO tho Nation tue pros
peet Of continuance of tho UuiJn
Us it had been devised by the trainers
OF our Government
1t 10 here where nearly two hun
dred thousand soldisrs were harlod
upon each other 10 fight the decisive
battle Of the War and where score
Of gallant leaders, Federal aud
Confederate bit the dust while direct
ing their troops in q combat which
Tor severity aud tue exhibition Of
courage and bravery has no parallel
in the history of warfare.
Sixty thousand visitor yearly pay
tribute TO The spot whero Meade and
his Generals in 1868 consecrated the
! soil Of Gettysburg by Wrestling FROM
the CoIfederacy tho triumph for
which the Armies North and South.
hadboen contendiug for two years Of
continuous strife.
The Legislature, headed ~ the
Government, left Harrisburg on
Thursday morning the 2lst, to visit
tho Battlefield Of Gettysburg. A
train of ten coaches carried tho exs
cursionists down through tho fertile
Cumberland Valley, skirted past Car-
lislc and following the confgurated
road which climbs over the hilltops
OF Adams county, brought the party
at IL o'clock to the foot OF tho hill
Of the first days fght, whcro tue
train halted and the occupants got
out to listen to descriptive talk Of
tho positions o. the various COM
mands, by Col. Datchollor, who Las
givou twonty five years Of study to
tho field and It's salient points. The
party again boarded tho train aud
was taken in to town, where an adj
dress OF Welcome was delivered by
Dist. Atty. Swcpe, standing on a
box in tho csntle Of the Public
Square. Gov. Beaver made brief
response intimating his advocacy OF
the proposed Appropriations to be
made for the purpose Of erecting
suitable monuments, to mark tho
spots where the engagements took
place aud oouclu,' ,'' ;.nying. \
shoG.u not he sprIS .vua - y'uu cOuiu
work slight Appropriation out of
this Administration, for that purpose
After dinner carriages Of every des,
criplion we're brought out aud the
visitors were rapidly driven to all
parts OF tho field where important
engae ements occurred
Adjt. Gepl Hastings, G enl. Goblin
Genl. Vea2 y. o Staff officer Of the
Vermont visiting party, md Mr..
Ilirsh were on horseback aud led
the tourists lively pace over the
grounds. Standing upon the pars-
pets on the hill up which tho mur-
derors Louisiana Tigers chergcd Col
Bachelor said, 1t is at this place
where probably the sharpost engage
ment occurred IN the entire war
Our men here fought hand to hand
With the enemy as they attempted
to sweep up this hill in their daring
attack upon the Union lines. In the
desperate assault they made almost
succeeding in capturing The Batter-
les which had been planted here,
they were rspelled with spikes,guns
clabs and anything with which tie
foe could be driven back"
TIE Colonel deleu lated in a graph.
ic manner tue positions aud contests
Of the different divisions Of troops
oG both sides. "Yondcr," pointing
to the East about three miles away,
you see marble shaft glesming in
sunlight. 1t is the spot where the
cavalry lay, and where for two days
the horses and riders partook OF the
raging carnage.
From this place the party was
driven to Kulp's Hill, Cemetary Hill,
Round Top, Little Round Top, the
Peach Orchard, tho Devils Den and
to the spot where REYNOLDS fell